Foster abandons Moscow museum project
News: Foster + Partners has announced its resignation from a major expansion and modernisation of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, following a row about the firm's involvement in the project. More
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Melnikov House at risk of collapse, warn architects and heritage experts
News: the iconic 1920s Moscow home of Russian avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov is showing signs of serious structural damage as work continues on a large complex next door, warn heritage experts and international architects including Rem Koolhaas and Álvaro Siza. More
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Fuksas wins competition for Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Education Centre
News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition for the Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre with a design consisting of four copper-clad elements that appear to have been "cut by the wind". More
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Sleepbox Hotel Tverskaya by Arch Group
Russian studio Arch Group has filled an old building in Moscow with its portable sleeping capsules to create the first Sleepbox hotel. More
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Moscow's Mercury City overtakes The Shard as Europe's tallest skyscraper
News: Moscow skyscraper Mercury City topped out today and has overtaken Renzo Piano's The Shard as the tallest building in Europe. More
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Moscow set to double in size with new masterplan for city expansion
Dezeen News: a British and American proposal for a new district built around manmade waterways has been selected as part of a masterplan to double the size of Moscow in the next few decades. More
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Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas' office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen's movie here. More
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OMA wins first round of competition for Moscow expansion
Dezeen Wire: Rem Koolhaas' architecture and urban planning practice OMA scored highest in a competition between ten firms seeking to win the right to oversee an ambitious expansion of Moscow. More -
Wood Warm Wight Apartment by Peter Kostelov
Slideshow: Russian architect Peter Kostelov has removed the welded metal walls of an apartment he first completed seven years ago and replaced them with light timber partitions. More
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Multi-level apartment by Peter Kostelov
Russian architect Peter Kostelov has slotted a timber structure into a two-storey apartment in Moscow to create two extra floors. More
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Gazebo for TV show by Za Bor Architects
Russian architects Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev have completed an outdoor kitchen for a yacht captain that resembles the broken-up hull of a boat. More
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Sleepbox 01 by Arch Group
Russian architects Arch Group have completed the first of their tiny hotel rooms for napping at airports. More
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Moscow School of Management Skolkovo by Adjaye Associates
Here are some photographs of the Moscow School of Management by architect David Adjaye, where four buildings precariously cantilever over a large circular base. More
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VTB Arena Park by Erick van Egeraat
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to redevelop the Dynamo Moscow Stadium and surrounding park in Moscow. More
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Wabi-Sabi by Decolieu
Andrey Gorozhankin of Russian design studio Decolieu has completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. More
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Apartment in Moscow by Peter Kostelov
Russian architect Peter Kostelov has refurbished an apartment in Moscow using industrial materials. More
